CSI: Miami (2002)

Action · Crime · Drama

The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.

IMDb rating: 6.5 (65,068 votes)
Episode average: 7.3 ↑ +0.8 vs IMDb
Seasons: 10
Streaming (US): Hulu · Paramount+
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 10 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2002)

7.20 avg 24 episodes 7.2 → 7.6 46 min avg

Rebound

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Golden Parachute	7.2	831
2	Losing Face	7.4	666
3	Wet Foot/Dry Foot	7.0	619
4	Just One Kiss	7.2	600
5	Ashes to Ashes	6.9	587
6	Broken	7.4	602
7	Breathless	7.2	587
8	Slaughterhouse	7.7	596
9	Kill Zone	7.5	568
10	A Horrible Mind	7.0	555
11	Camp Fear	7.2	564
12	Entrance Wound	6.9	505
13	Bunk	7.0	504
14	Forced Entry	7.1	498
15	Dead Woman Walking	7.5	546
16	Evidence of Things Unseen	6.8	511
17	Simple Man	7.1	547
18	Dispo Day	7.6	500
19	Double Cap	6.8	487
20	Grave Young Men	7.1	517
21	Spring Break	7.2	528
22	Tinder Box	7.3	504
23	Freaks and Tweaks	7.1	494
24	Body Count	7.6	538

Season 2 (2003)

7.13 avg 24 episodes 7.6 → 7.2 51 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Blood Brothers	7.6	515
2	Dead Zone	7.2	496
3	Hard Time	7.6	553
4	Death Grip	7.3	499
5	The Best Defense	7.1	500
6	Hurricane Anthony	7.2	477
7	Grand Prix	6.7	495
8	Big Brother	7.1	473
9	Bait	7.1	455
10	Extreme	7.0	478
11	Complications	7.1	469
12	Witness to Murder	7.6	485
13	Blood Moon	6.7	437
14	Slow Burn	7.1	444
15	Stalkerazzi	7.0	450
16	Invasion	6.9	432
17	Money for Nothing	7.2	446
18	Wannabe	7.2	444
19	Deadline	6.8	426
20	The Oath	6.9	429
21	Not Landing	7.0	442
22	Rap Sheet	6.9	435
23	MIA/NYC Nonstop	7.7	540
24	Innocent	7.2	451

Season 3 (2004)

7.21 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 7.7 51 min avg

U-shaped

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lost Son	7.7	517
2	Pro Per	7.2	464
3	Under the Influence	7.2	430
4	Murder in a Flash	7.0	436
5	Legal	7.2	432
6	Hell Night	7.2	407
7	Crime Wave	7.6	435
8	Speed Kills	7.0	401
9	Pirated	6.9	398
10	After the Fall	7.0	405
11	Addiction	7.0	419
12	Shootout	7.1	401
13	Cop Killer	7.0	398
14	One Night Stand	6.9	387
15	Identity	7.5	431
16	Nothing to Lose	7.4	433
17	Money Plane	6.9	411
18	Game Over	7.1	413
19	Sex & Taxes	7.1	438
20	Killer Date	7.3	405
21	Recoil	7.4	403
22	Vengeance	7.4	413
23	Whacked	7.2	400
24	10-7	7.7	425

Season 4 (2005)

7.15 avg 25 episodes 7.2 → 7.7 45 min avg

Rebound

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	From the Grave	7.2	436
2	Blood in the Water	7.2	400
3	Prey	6.7	390
4	48 Hours to Life	6.8	402
5	Three-Way	7.3	405
6	Under Suspicion	7.6	393
7	Felony Flight	7.3	474
8	Nailed	7.5	432
9	Urban Hellraisers	7.1	456
10	Shattered	7.2	392
11	Payback	7.1	400
12	The Score	7.0	388
13	Silencer	7.0	383
14	Fade Out	7.0	376
15	Skeletons	7.3	385
16	Deviant	7.0	377
17	Collision	7.2	376
18	Double Jeopardy	7.2	373
19	Driven	7.0	389
20	Free Fall	7.1	384
21	Dead Air	6.8	396
22	Open Water	6.7	398
23	Shock	7.1	391
24	Rampage	7.7	414
25	One of Our Own	7.7	423

Season 5 (2006)

7.16 avg 24 episodes 7.1 → 7.4 47 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Rio	7.1	474
2	Going Under	7.1	387
3	Death Pool 100	7.1	384
4	If Looks Could Kill	6.8	404
5	Death Eminent	7.2	370
6	Curse of the Coffin	7.4	390
7	High Octane	6.8	369
8	Darkroom	7.2	378
9	Going, Going, Gone	7.1	365
10	Come as You Are	6.9	370
11	Backstabbers	7.1	347
12	Internal Affairs	7.3	374
13	Throwing Heat	7.0	353
14	No Man's Land	7.6	388
15	Man Down	7.5	399
16	Broken Home	7.1	421
17	A Grizzly Murder	7.1	368
18	Triple Threat	7.6	405
19	Bloodline	6.9	348
20	Rush	7.0	353
21	Just Murdered	7.2	370
22	Burned	7.2	344
23	Kill Switch	7.1	347
24	Born to Kill	7.4	369

Season 6 (2007)

7.40 avg 21 episodes 7.4 → 8.1 48 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dangerous Son	7.4	407
2	Cyber-Lebrity	7.3	423
3	Inside Out	7.5	370
4	Bang, Bang, Your Debt	7.7	417
5	Deep Freeze	7.2	395
6	Sunblock	6.9	379
7	Chain Reaction	7.3	354
8	Permanent Vacation	7.2	368
9	Stand Your Ground	7.5	377
10	CSI: My Nanny	7.2	356
11	Guerillas in the Mist	7.0	375
12	Miami Confidential	7.3	352
13	Raising Caine	7.4	365
14	You May Now Kill the Bride	7.1	375
15	Ambush	7.9	372
16	All In	7.9	375
17	To Kill a Predator	7.2	359
18	Tunnel Vision	7.0	342
19	Rock and a Hard Place	7.5	375
20	Down to the Wire	7.8	362
21	Going Ballistic	8.1	442

Season 7 (2008)

7.50 avg 25 episodes 7.7 → 7.6 47 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Resurrection	7.7	433
2	Won't Get Fueled Again	7.3	362
3	And How Does That Make You Kill?	7.5	360
4	Raging Cannibal	7.2	348
5	Bombshell	7.5	370
6	Wrecking Crew	7.4	346
7	Cheating Death	7.3	357
8	Gone Baby Gone	7.7	365
9	Power Trip	7.4	349
10	The DeLuca Motel	7.6	339
11	Tipping Point	7.3	343
12	Head Case	7.4	334
13	And They're Offed	7.3	335
14	Smoke Gets in Your CSIs	8.0	374
15	Presumed Guilty	7.6	333
16	Sink or Swim	7.7	362
17	Divorce Party	7.5	354
18	Flight Risk	7.3	346
19	Target Specific	7.7	337
20	Wolfe in Sheep's Clothing	7.6	329
21	Chip/Tuck	7.5	347
22	Dead on Arrival	7.3	329
23	Collateral Damage	7.4	289
24	Dissolved	7.6	365
25	Seeing Red	7.6	331

Season 8 (2009)

7.37 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 8.2 44 min avg

Big finale

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Out of Time	8.0	445
2	Hostile Takeover	7.5	383
3	Bolt Action	7.0	389
4	In Plane Sight	7.0	335
5	Bad Seed	7.4	373
6	Dude, Where's My Groom?	7.2	349
7	Bone Voyage	7.6	398
8	Point of Impact	7.3	339
9	Kill Clause	7.4	345
10	Count Me Out	7.2	318
11	Delko for the Defense	7.4	332
12	Show Stopper	7.2	369
13	Die by the Sword	7.0	338
14	In the Wind	7.7	353
15	Miami, We Have a Problem	7.3	344
16	L.A.	7.4	445
17	Getting Axed	7.1	332
18	Dishonor	7.2	345
19	Spring Breakdown	7.3	350
20	Backfire	6.7	381
21	Meltdown	7.2	349
22	Mommie Deadest	7.7	350
23	Time Bomb	8.0	352
24	All Fall Down	8.2	419

Season 9 (2010)

7.34 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 7.7 43 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Fallen	8.0	393
2	Sudden Death	7.2	349
3	See No Evil	7.6	346
4	Manhunt	7.3	366
5	Sleepless in Miami	7.4	347
6	Reality Kills	6.8	341
7	On the Hook	7.1	327
8	Happy Birthday	7.1	374
9	Blood Sugar	7.0	324
10	Match Made in Hell	7.2	339
11	F-T-F	7.3	340
12	Wheels Up	6.9	349
13	Last Stand	7.6	342
14	Stoned Cold	7.6	356
15	Blood Lust	7.4	348
16	Hunting Ground	7.5	344
17	Special Delivery	7.1	330
18	About Face	7.7	342
19	Caged	7.1	312
20	Paint It Black	7.5	330
21	G.O.	7.3	322
22	Mayday	7.7	349

Season 10 (2011)

7.36 avg 19 episodes 7.5 → 7.9 44 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Countermeasures	7.5	406
2	Stiff	7.3	346
3	Blown Away	7.4	352
4	Look Who's Taunting	7.5	344
5	Killer Regrets	7.3	331
6	By the Book	7.1	320
7	Sinner Takes All	7.2	315
8	Dead Ringer	7.5	311
9	A Few Dead Men	7.4	327
10	Long Gone	7.2	319
11	Crowned	7.2	340
12	Friendly Fire	7.3	329
13	Terminal Velocity	7.3	352
14	Last Straw	7.1	337
15	No Good Deed	7.2	316
16	Rest in Pieces	7.5	363
17	At Risk	7.3	315
18	Law & Disorder	7.6	330
19	Habeas Corpse	7.9	406

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